Integrating social care into gynecologic oncology: Identifying and addressing patient's social needs.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to identify social needs of gynecologic oncology patients using a self-administered social needs assessment tool (SNAT), compare the SNAT to a formal social work assessment performed by cancer care navigators (CCN), and provide SNAT-informed community resources.

Methods

We analyzed prospectively collected data from a performance improvement initiative in a safety-net gynecologic oncology clinic between October 2021 and July 2022. We screened for eight social needs domains, health literacy, desire for social work, and presence of urgent needs. Clinicodemographic data were abstracted from the electronic medical record. Univariate descriptive statistics were used. Inter-rater reliability for social needs domains was assessed using percent agreement.

Result

SUBMITTER: Cotangco K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11218889 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature